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PyConZA 2013 is tomorrow!
Following up on PyConZA 2012‘s great start, PyConZA 2013 is starting tomorrow, in Cape Town! See: [sourcecode language=”python”] from datetime import * if date.today() + timedelta(1) ==...
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PyConZA 2013 Wrap-Up
PyConZA is the largest gathering in South Africa for the community using and developing the open-source programming language, Python. St James Software attended PyConZA 2013 as a gold sponsor, and some...
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Harmonies and Hues – more info
I’m reblogging this from my personal blog since people at the PyConZA talk have expressed interest… At PyConZA 2013, one of the speakers couldn’t come due to a visa issue, so I volunteered to do a talk...
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Streaming Audio From Linux to Raspbmc
Early in 2014, I finally got around to turning my Raspberry Pi in to a little XMBC media centre by installing Raspbmc. Which was fun. And also easy. Perhaps a little too easy: I’m a bit of a nerd, so...
View ArticleSeeking a Junior System Administrator…
St James Software is a growing Kenilworth-based software development company that is part of the j5 International group. We are seeking a highly motivated Junior System Administrator for our devops...
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Python virtual time library
Implementing Virtual Time in Python Delorean Time Controls For testing in our product (which does operations management including features like providing shift handovers on industrial plants), we quite...
View ArticleCleaning everything up
tl;dr: We’ve maintained a fairly awkward version control setup for a long time, but are finally escaping; I’ve been working on a tool to combine our two parallel git repositories together, merging...
View ArticleSplicing git repositories together
I’ve developed a tool called splice-repos to combine our two parallel git repositories together (I’ve separately described the background of our awkward repository setup). There are a few existing ways...
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New year, new name
company_name.replace("sjsoft", "j5int"); print("news") We are very excited to announce that we have changed our name from St James Software to j5 International! Have a look at our December newsletter...
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A little debugging utility
The Problem: I mostly use PyCharm for development, and it has great debugging capabilities (including in version 4 the ability to attach to an existing process). However running under the debugger is...
View Articleloglevel INSULT
When receiving spurious arguments to a function call, when the caller knows they should do better, it seems appropriate to log an insult. However, a search on Google reveals that this loglevel is...
View ArticleLudan Engineering SRL Become j5 Delivery Partner
j5 International are delighted to announce our new partnership with Ludan Engineering SRL. This partnership extends the presence of the j5 brand in Europe, specifically Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania....
View ArticleCape Town Office Gathering 2017
As part of the j5 International Sales and Marketing Conference 2017, a gathering was hosted at the j5 Software South Africa office in Cape Town on Wednesday the 8th of February. It gave j5...
View ArticleSLNG Utilize j5 Process Safety Applications to Address Strict Regulatory and...
j5 International, a leading provider of Operations Management Software, have written a Case Study with the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) company – Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) – who are using the j5...
View Article10 Reasons Why j5 Is Regarded by Many as the Leading Operations Management...
j5 Operations Management Software is the core business and speciality of j5 International. The j5 framework is a tried and tested, sustainable, flexible, integrated, comprehensive and growing suite of...
View Article10 Common Operations Processes that j5 Excels In
On any industrial site, there are many Operations processes that need to be managed efficiently. It is beneficial to manage these procedures consistently on a single IT platform, which can also be...
View ArticleWakayama Petroleum Refining Rely on j5 for Operations, Safety and Mobile...
j5 International, a leading provider of Operations Management Software, have written a Case Study with the Downstream Oil and Gas / Refining company – Wakayama Petroleum Refining – who are using the j5...
View ArticleIdemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. Implement j5 Mobile Inspection Rounds at Aichi Refinery
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. – a Downstream Oil and Gas / Refining company in Japan – have implemented j5 Mobile Inspection Rounds at their Aichi Refinery. The company – headquartered in Tokyo – employs...
View Articlej5 SAP Human Resources (HR) Interface Released
The SAP Human Resources (HR) Interface allows j5 Operations Management Software to access information relating to the personnel and organizational hierarchy structure of a business. This information...
View ArticleCosmo Oil Co., Ltd. Select j5 Operations Management Software for Their Chiba,...
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. – a Downstream Oil and Gas / Refining company in Japan – have selected the j5 Operations Logbook, j5 Shift Handover, j5 Work Instructions, j5 Standing Orders and j5 Event Manager...
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